With the New Jersey Devils’ preseason at its end, now is as good a time as any to predict the team’s opening night lineup. Some young players burst onto the scenes with highly impressive showings and others looked like they could use some seasoning in juniors, college or the AHL. With that said, here is […]

In stark contrast to previous years, the New Jersey Devils are light on professional tryouts (PTOs) in 2017-18. The major rationale, in all likelihood, is that the roster has not featured this level of depth and potential in its five-year playoff drought and the young guns are just too talented to be crowded out by […]

Despite falling short on signing both Kevin Shattenkirk and Ilya Kovalchuk this summer, the New Jersey Devils have steadily improved since their dreary 2016-17 performance. Ray Shero has flexed his creativity recently by bringing in both Drew Stafford and Will Butcher in hopes of bringing the team back to the playoffs, which have eluded the […]

It’s no secret that the New Jersey Devils are barren at defense. The main roster blue line has noticeable shortages and the prospect pool has dried up. An important part of John Hynes’ fast, attacking, supportive strategy relies on defenders to drive play up ice to create chances. A low scoring team cannot go far unless its […]

Sometimes, there is a silver lining to a dreary regular season performance. For the New Jersey Devils, this comes in the form of the first overall pick, which they won in the 2017 NHL Draft Lottery. Luck was on the Devils’ side on Saturday, as they only had an 8.5 percent chance of winning the top […]

It’s safe to say the New Jersey Devils‘ season is all but over. The offense has struggled to show consistent signs of life, while the defense and goaltending have sputtered out of control. Aside from draft position, it may appear that the team has nothing to play for. However, there is still reason for the […]

With the end of the season fast approaching and the New Jersey Devils well out of playoff contention, the focus shifts to examining options for the future. There are several players toiling in Albany and junior hockey who are eligible for an extended look. Management should be cognizant of these players when making future roster […]

On Wednesday, the Anaheim Ducks placed Stefan Noesen on waivers after five years in the organization. Waivers protocol made him available to all other 29 teams and he would be awarded to the interested team with the lowest position in standings. The DNew Jersey Devils, currently sixth in waiver priority, decided to take a flier […]

With the season nearing its halfway mark and the calendar year winding down, now is an appropriate time to grade the New Jersey Devils’ play. General manager Ray Shero has had two seasons while head coach John Hynes has had nearly 120 games to build a winner. How have they fared in the first half […]

For what seems like the first time in 10 years, the New Jersey Devils are not in the bottom-10 in goals scored per game. In fact, for the first time in five years, New Jersey is not a bottom-three scoring offense. Over the last five years, the Devils have had five of the 50 worst […]

With the 2017 expansion draft looming large, general managers from around the NHL will start looking to make deals. If not, these teams risk losing some of their top talents that they could not afford to retain. In New Jersey, the problem is quite different; the team should not be concerned about losing any noteworthy […]

Over the last five years, the Devils have failed to get their lesser-known forwards engaged in the offense. In the beginning of this half-decade stretch, the bottom-six consisted of role and utility players who were not expected to contribute much more than a rare scoring opportunity. Now, even with talented forwards littered throughout the lineup […]